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• Biden-Harris Administration Selects Fordham University to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across EPA Region 2 as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  As an environmental justice Grantmaker, Fordham University will help reduce barriers to federal funds and issue thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects Fordham University to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across EPA Region 2 as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Almost $500,000 to Recruit and Train Cincinnati, Ohio Workers for Community Revitalization and Cleanup Projects as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Latest funding for EPA’s Brownfield Job Training Grants is supported by the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and will boost workforce training in underserved and overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Almost $500,000 to Recruit and Train Cincinnati, Ohio Workers for Community Revitalization and Cleanup Projects as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 8, 2023

• EPA Selects Camden, NJ and New York City Projects to Receive Recycling Education and Outreach Grants as Part of America Recycles Day

  On America Recycles Day and Anniversary of President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA announces grants funded in part by the largest recycling investment in 30 years

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Camden, NJ and New York City Projects to Receive Recycling Education and Outreach Grants as Part of America Recycles Day

  • Release Date: November 16, 2023

• Underground Petroleum Storage Tank Violations result in Fines for Several Businesses in New Jersey and New York

  EPA News Release: Underground Petroleum Storage Tank Violations result in Fines for Several Businesses in New Jersey and New York

  • Release Date: October 30, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $2 Million for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Ohio as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Grants to Cuyahoga County Board of Health, Advocates for Basic Legal Equity Inc. and Vincentian Ohio Action Network (doing business as ARCH) announced as part of largest investments through EPA’s Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving Coopera

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $2 Million for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Ohio as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023

• Rutgers University to Receive Almost $800K to Help Small Businesses Across NJ Reduce Hazardous Waste

  Pollution Prevention Grant Will Advance Environmental Justice

  EPA News Release: Rutgers University to Receive Almost $800K to Help Small Businesses Across NJ Reduce Hazardous Waste

  • Release Date: October 12, 2023

• EPA and State of New Jersey Propose Settlement with Stepan Company for Cleanup of Maywood Chemical Company Superfund Site

  EPA News Release: EPA and State of New Jersey Propose Settlement with Stepan Company for Cleanup of Maywood Chemical Company Superfund Site

  • Release Date: October 12, 2023

• Formerly Contaminated Middlesex Sampling Plant Site Recognized Nationally as Outstanding Example of Site Reuse

  EPA News Release: Formerly Contaminated Middlesex Sampling Plant Site Recognized Nationally as Outstanding Example of Site Reuse

  • Release Date: October 11, 2023

• EPA Enforcement Helps Protect Children in New Jersey from Lead Paint Hazards

  October is Children's Health Month and EPA is taking action to address the major threat that lead-based paint still poses to kids

  EPA News Release: EPA Enforcement Helps Protect Children in New Jersey from Lead Paint Hazards

  • Release Date: October 5, 2023

• EPA Makes nearly $125 Million Investment to Spur Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements Across New Jersey

  EPA News Release: EPA Makes nearly $125 Million Investment to Spur Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements Across New Jersey

  • Release Date: October 5, 2023

• EPA Further Extends Comment Period for Proposed Cleanup of Contaminated Sediment at Quanta Resources Superfund Site in Edgewater, NJ

  EPA News Release: EPA Further Extends Comment Period for Proposed Cleanup of Contaminated Sediment at Quanta Resources Superfund Site in Edgewater, NJ

  • Release Date: September 29, 2023

• EPA Finalizes Plan to Clean Up Contaminated Soil at CPS/Madison Superfund Site in Old Bridge, NJ

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Plan to Clean Up Contaminated Soil at CPS/Madison Superfund Site in Old Bridge, NJ

  • Release Date: September 28, 2023

• It’s Official: Air Across New Jersey Meets National Standards for Sulfur Dioxide

  Final Designation of Warren County as Meeting the Standard Highlights Success of Decades of Air Pollution Regulation

  EPA News Release: It’s Official: Air Across New Jersey Meets National Standards for Sulfur Dioxide

  • Release Date: September 28, 2023

• EPA Approves Ohio’s Plan to Reduce Phosphorus Pollution in Western Basin of Lake Erie

  EPA News Release: EPA Approves Ohio’s Plan to Reduce Phosphorus Pollution in Western Basin of Lake Erie

  • Release Date: September 28, 2023

• EPA Updates Plan to Address Contaminated Groundwater Monitor Devices, Inc./Intercircuits, Inc. Superfund Site in Wall Township, New Jersey

  EPA News Release: EPA Updates Plan to Address Contaminated Groundwater Monitor Devices, Inc./Intercircuits, Inc. Superfund Site in Wall Township, New Jersey

  • Release Date: September 26, 2023